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Xue Wuya had no time to bother about that at this time. After forcing away Gu Yang with a single palm, he was just about to turn back to capturing Guo Ran when a chilling Sword Qi stabbed towards his head.
“Sword cultivator?!”
Xue Wuya was astonished. Sword cultivators were said to be cultivators with the highest destructive power. They focused their life on the sword, and each one of their sword blows contained their full heart and soul, as well as their life’s will and determination.
This Sword Qi’s power immediately locked him down. That was the terror of sword cultivators; you had to block each of their attacks, as it was impossible to dodge them.
If you dodged, you would immediately lose any initiative or imposingness. That would bring about a torrent of attacks that would lead directly to your death.
Xue Wuya’s expression became a bit unsightly. He hadn’t expected the unremarkable people that followed Long Chen to be so problematic.
He finally realized that the reason Long Chen didn’t attack him and why the others were only indifferently looking on at him was because they were not at all afraid of him.
That caused his fury to soar. These people dared disregard him? With an icy snort, Blood Qi filled his hand, and his fist smashed at that Sword Qi.
The Sword Qi shattered, but the berserk will contained within it caused his expression to change slightly, and he involuntary took three steps back.
That exchange caused everyone’s expressions to change. They were all filled with shock, looking in disbelief at a man whose face was now slightly pale.
“Impossible! Xue Wuya, he…?!”
“He was capable of knocking him back three steps? Just who is that person?!”
“Just what kind of people are beside Long Chen? That bald man managed to block one of Xue Wuya’s attacks, and now this person is actually able to knock him back!”
Everyone became lifeless. Xue Wuya was a peak expert amongst the Corrupt disciples. He was on the same level as Yin Luo and the others. Someone who stood at the peak of his realm had still been forced back?
If it had been Long Chen, then that would still be acceptable. After all, Long Chen had his impressive battle accomplishments.
But the people who forced him back were two unknown people. That was an unacceptable fact to these people.
After forcing back Xue Wuya, Yue Zifeng also suffered a backlash. That sword contained his heart and soul. For his Sword Qi to be shattered caused some injury to his mind, and his expression paled slightly.
However, although Yue Zifeng and Gu Yang had suffered a slight injury, their hearts were filled with pride.
They had originally just been ordinary core disciples. In the face of these geniuses, they had always been looked down upon. But now, they could already exchange blows with peak experts. That kind of pride was something only they could understand.
At the same time, they were filled with gratefulness towards Long Chen. This was only possible because Long Chen had dragged them up here step by step. Otherwise, they would have never been able to see the scenery from this height.
Seeing that both his attacks had been blocked, Xue Wuya’s expression turned ugly. A perfect sneak attack had turned out like this. He really had been humiliated.
“Die!”
Xue Wuya roared and a palm came crashing down on Guo Ran. This palm caused Blood Qi to soar into the sky, and a murderous aura locked onto Guo Ran.
“You should die instead!” Guo Ran sneered and his arm became a metal arm. Runes flashed and many little holes opened on the arm.
When those holes appeared, Xue Wuya’s scalp turned numb, and a powerful sensation of danger filled his heart.
Thousands of black lights shot out at him. They contained so much power that each of them made a space-tearing whistling as they flew.
They instantly arrived right in front of Xue Wuya. Their sharpness made his hair stand on end. With no way to attack Guo Ran, Xue Wuya’s aura exploded out, and a bone-like armor appeared in front of him.
“Illusory Bone Armor!”
Others let out startled cries. That was an ability specific to Bone Forging experts. Only once they had tempered their bones to a practically flawless state could they condense this kind of defense.
Normally, to condense this armor required you to have tempered at least four bones. But not just anyone was truly capable of using it in battle. Only top experts were capable of it.
Ordinary people were only able to condense an Illusory Bone Robe. Although they looked similar, the defensive strength was incomparable.
Whether it was the robe or the armor, they were both a kind of defense only usable when spiritual qi had been condensed to a pinnacle. This technique’s defensive strength was extremely great.
Those thousands of black lights smashed onto Xue Wuya’s body, causing loud booming sounds with each one of them. Xue Wuya was directly blown back three hundred meters, appearing extremely wretched.
The entire crowd was silent. They all looked at Guo Ran’s metallic arm like they were seeing a ghost.
Chapter 434 Treacherous Hearts
Xue Wuya was shocked and infuriated. Although his Illusory Bone Armor had blocked Guo Ran’s attack, he was still covered in cold sweat. Seeing those scattered needles on the ground, the runic light coming from them gave him chills.
If he hadn’t reacted at the first moment and summoned the Illusory Bone Armor, he would have been turned into a sieve.
No physical body could possibly block such sharp needles when they were shot out with this kind of force. Although it wouldn’t have necessarily taken his life, it would be impossible to avoid being heavily injured.
Before the Righteous and Corrupt battle had even started, he had already been forced into a miserable position.
Suddenly, clapping rang out. A group of people grandly walked over. The person at the front was wearing a white dress. She was tall and slender, her skin white as snow, and she gracefully walked over.
“It’s Hua Biluo!” The Righteous disciples let out exclamations. Hua Biluo was a peak expert in the Righteous path.
Xue Wuya’s arrival had been like a heavy stone oppressing the Righteous disciples’ hearts. Now that Hua Biluo had arrived, their morale immediately soared.
There were thousands of disciples behind Hua Biluo. Almost half of them were monastery disciples. Hua Biluo truly had skillful methods to be able to gather so many disciples.
Hua Biluo was clapping as she brought everyone to stand by Long Chen. “Wonderful, really wonderful. Who would have expected that brother Long’s subordinates were all hidden dragons and crouching tigers? My eyes really have been opened.”
As soon as Hua Biluo arrived, she had just managed to see Xue Wuya attacking. Her evaluation of Long Chen’s power rose even further.
Previously, she had only been interested in Long Chen’s individual power. She hadn’t really cared about the others. But just now, whether it was Gu Yang or Yue Zifeng, the power they had released was far greater than ordinary Chosen. They wouldn’t even be much weaker than people on the level of Yin Wushuang. That gave her a shock.
“Sister Biluo is too courteous. After not meeting for so long, you’ve become even more beautiful.” Long Chen stood up and smiled.
Since they were allied, he naturally didn’t feel right sitting. The others also got up. Of course, Wilde was the exception.
“To overpraise me like this in front of such beautiful women, if I didn’t know your character, I really would suspect you were intentionally mocking me.” Hua Biluo couldn’t help laughing when she saw Meng Qi, Chu Yao, and the other beautiful women. “Let me give you an introduction. This is senior apprentice-brother Chang from the fourth monastery, this is senior apprentice-brother Zhao from the sixth monastery…”
Hua Biluo introduced the leaders of her alliance, and Long Chen politely greeted them.
But he could see the contempt in their eyes. Although they weren’t looking down their noses at
him, it was still obvious to him. However, Long Chen had to give Hua Biluo face. As for what those people thought of him, he didn’t particularly care.
Guo Ran and the others could also tell that these people were too arrogant, causing them to feel a bit uncomfortable. Just who had the qualifications to be so arrogant in front of Long Chen?
“Hey, who do you think you are? Is your status so amazing? You dare look down on people?” scolded Guo Ran.
Quite a few people’s expressions sank and even Hua Biluo was slightly angered inside. Although she also knew that these people were too arrogant, on the surface, they still hadn’t done anything. Scolding them like this was a bit too much.
Guo Ran continued, “And you, in front of my boss, you are just dregs. Just now, my boss decided not to do anything to you, but if he had, you’d have long since died. If you aren’t going to fuck off now, what are you waiting for? You actually don’t know how to do this little, but you still think you can call yourself an expert?”
Following Guo Ran’s gaze, they saw the distant Xue Wuya was just standing there, his expression extremely gloomy. He couldn’t leave, but he also couldn’t stay. Now he was in an awkward position.
This still wasn’t the time for the decisive battle. He couldn’t rashly go all-out, but if he just left like this, he really would have lost all his prestige.
Now people realized Guo Ran was cursing Xue Wuya. However, quite a few people could tell that Guo Ran was indirectly cursing others.
These people actually dared look down on someone like Long Chen? Did they think a grand background was something so amazing?
“You’re looking to die!” Xue Wuya raged. This was the most humiliating moment of his life. He was already on the verge of exploding.
“Xue Wuya, you should return. You won’t get anything from here,” said Hua Biluo.
Her words were entirely correct. He really wouldn’t be able to obtain anything unless he decided to initiate the Righteous and Corrupt battle without care for others. However, he wouldn’t do such a thing.
When it came to the top experts of the Corrupt path, he was not the only one. If he did that, he would offend all those other experts that had yet to arrive.
“Hmph, I’ll allow you to live for a little while longer.” Xue Wuya took a deep breath, in the end deciding to return to the Corrupt path’s side.
He was not able to be as free and unrestrained as Long Chen, capable of taking action whenever he wanted. However, he was an extremely quick-witted person. No one would be able to run from this battle, so a few more hours didn’t matter.
“Brother Long, don’t stand here. Come with us. After all, you are a member of our Righteous path, and we should be working together against our enemies,” smiled Hua Biluo.
Before Long Chen could reply, a man frowned and said, “That’s no good. By standing here, Long Chen has already expressed that he is no longer a member of our Righteous path. Why do we have to care about him?”
This person was a monastery disciple and was also a Chosen. His words immediately caused Hua Biluo’s expression to change. She icily said, “In the Righteous and Corrupt battles, we should all be working together against our common enemy, the Corrupt path. What purpose do you have to say such a thing?”
She really hadn’t expected someone to interfere like this. Although Long Chen had had problems with the first monastery, the Righteous path’s inner strife had to be ignored so they could unify against the Corrupt path.
“Sister Biluo, Long Chen’s reputation is something everyone knows. You want us to stand together with such a person? I, Li Changhao, am a true man, and I cannot forgive such a person,” he said righteously.
“Shut the fuck up. My boss was framed by others!” raged Guo Ran.
“Framed? Hmph, if he really was innocent, who would have wanted to frame him? Why didn’t anyone come to frame me? Do you think we’re all idiots?” he said disdainfully.
“You!”
Guo Ran was completely furious. This bastard really was looking to die. If he didn’t have misgivings about Hua Biluo, Guo Ran would have already taken out his battle armor and killed this idiot.
Only Long Chen’s expression remained indifferent. He didn’t say anything.
Hua Biluo’s expression was a bit unsightly as she icily said, “Li Changhao, we no longer welcome you. You can leave.”
Li Changhao sneered, “I don’t need you to say that. I’m leaving. I really wouldn’t have thought that the goddess of our hearts would end up liking a perverted traitor. It really makes a person’s heart cold. Brothers, have you not seen this? Sister Biluo has already fallen for this Long Chen. Although he doesn’t have any other skills, it seems his seducing skills are really unrivaled beneath the heavens. What are you all waiting for?”
Suddenly, a large hand slapped across Li Changhao’s face. This slap had come completely silently, and he was struck so hard, his jaw shattered and his teeth flew out.
The indifferent Long Chen had finally taken action. After that slap, he didn’t wait for Li Changhao to react. His hand was already tightly clenched around his neck.
“Long Chen, what are you doing!” Li Changhao had never imagined that Long Chen would attack him and that his power would be even more terrifying than before. He didn’t have the slightest ability to resist. His eyes were filled with terror.
Previously, he had heard that Long Chen was supposedly extremely powerful. But he had always assumed that Yin Wushuang had just been purposely raising his reputation. The more powerful Long Chen was said to be, the more glorious it would be for Han Tianyu when he killed him.
“Speak. Who sent you here?” Long Chen indifferently looked at him, his voice ice-cold without the slightest emotion.
Hua Biluo had been trembling with rage, but now that Long Chen asked this, she immediately realized that something was wrong with this Li Changhao.
“You… What nonsense are you spouting? … I just can’t bear people like you. Could it be you want to kill me? Haha, if you have the guts, then go ahead and kill me. That’ll just prove you are a bloodthirsty, homicidal devil! Kill me and- ah!”
Li Changhao suddenly let out a mournful shriek. The veins on his forehead were bulging, and his eyes almost popped out.
“Long Chen…!” Hua Biluo let out a startled cry. She could tell that Long Chen was using his powerful Spiritual Strength to crush Li Changhao’s soul piece by piece, making him suffer incredible pain.
The pain of the soul was the most painful pain. No one would be able to endure it. That was a kind of indescribable pain.
“Speak. Who sent you here?”
“Long Chen, you’re contemptible and shameless! How can you use such cruel-!”
A disciple had just stood out to try and fight for justice when he was killed with a single swat of Long Chen’s hand.
“When I’m speaking, others shouldn’t interrupt or my mood might drop.” Long Chen swept his gaze over them. Those people all shivered in terror.
“I know that quite a few of you here are the same as him and were planted in your positions. It’d be best for you not to provoke me, or you’ll immediately die.”
After saying that, Long Chen retracted his gaze. How could it be possible for those people’s dirty tricks to be concealed from Long Chen?
But this Li Changhao was really too much of an idiot. He wanted to stand out? Then it seemed Long Chen was forced to single him out.
Li Changhao’s soul had already been crushed by Long Chen. Right now, he was essentially a walking corpse, completely reliant on Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength. Once he withdrew that Spiritual Strength, Li Changhao would immediately become an imbecile.
“Speak. Who sent you here?” Long Chen was still repeating the same question.
At this time, Li Changhao’s eyes had lost their focus. Under Long Chen’s spiritual pressure, he was unable to refuse to answer.
“It was-”
Long Chen’s expression suddenly changed, and he hastily t
hrew Li Changhao to the side.
Chapter 435 A Saber That Thirsts for Blood
Li Changhao’s body flew out a few dozen meters before his head suddenly exploded. Red liquid splashed.
“Long Chen, you contemptible traitor, how dare you use spiritual witchcraft to force someone to lie and set up people. You really are inferior even to beasts.” A voice filled with disdain suddenly rang out.
People hastily looked in that direction, seeing a man standing atop a huge black leopard.
“Feng Xiao-zi.”
Long Chen’s pupils shrank slightly. While he had been forcing Li Changhao to tell the truth with his Spiritual Strength, he had suddenly sensed that Li Changhao’s soul had been ignited and he had hastily thrown him out.
Perhaps the only person who would have been able to do that was a skillful soul cultivator like Feng Xiao-zi.
Behind Feng Xiao-zi were dozens of people, each of them riding a huge Magical Beast and looking icily at Long Chen and the others.
“Senior apprentice-brother Feng, what are you doing?” Meng Qi walked over to Long Chen’s side furiously saying, “Long Chen was forcing that person to tell the truth. Why would you try and frame a good man?”
“Frame a good man? What kind of good man does Long Chen count as? Furthermore, I hereby use my status as junior pavilion master to order you and Lu Fang-er to return to us and cut off ties with this traitor,” ordered Feng Xiao-zi.
“Senior apprentice-sister Meng Qi, just come back. We’re a family,” a young lady behind Feng Xiao-zi implored.
Meng Qi sighed, “Junior apprentice-sister, there are many things you don’t understand. I have my own troubles.” She then turned to Feng Xiao-zi. “I won’t return. I will be fighting shoulder to shoulder with Long Chen, and once the secret realm closes, I will be leaving the Wind Spirit Pavilion.”
“How audacious! To dare take advantage of your master and sect, you really are disgraceful. Our Wind Spirit Pavilion raised you, and now you dare betray us?” roared Feng Xiao-zi.
“Raised me? Didn’t you have your own goals? For that goal, didn’t you use the lives of my fiancé and my entire family to threaten me? This is your favor?” At this moment, tears involuntarily poured from Meng Qi’s eyes.
